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List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
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Nathan Sinai |
1924 - 1964 | Professor of Hygiene and Public Health |
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William Morgan Brace |
1925 - 1956 | Assistant Professor of Hygiene & Public Health |
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Kenneth Alexander Easlick |
1928 - 1964 | Professor of Dentistry & Public Health |
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Walter David Block |
1934 - 1982 | Professor Emeritus of Human Nutrition |
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Ella Elizabeth McNeil |
1939 - 1967 | Professor of Public Health Nursing |
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Robert Albert Bowman |
1949 - 1980 | Professor of Health Education |
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Kathryn A. Robeson |
1953 - 1973 | Professor of Public Health Nursing |
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Warren Ayer Cook |
1953 - 1971 | Professor of Industrial Health |
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Bettie Arthur |
1958 - 1988 |
Professor of Psychology Professor of Community Mental Health |
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Eleanor Marietta King |
1960 - 1963 |
Assistant Professor of Nursing and Assistant to the Dean 1960-1961 Assistant Professor of Public Health Nursing 1961-1963 |
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John P. Kirscht |
1961 - 1989 | Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education |
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Irwin M. Rosenstock |
1961 - 2001 |
Professor of Public Health Administration Chair of the Department of Health Behavior and Education |
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Don P. Haefner |
1962 - 1993 | Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education |
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Frank M. Andrews |
1963 - 1993 |
Professor of Psychology Professor of Population Planning and International Health Research Scientist in the Institute for Social Research |
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Gayl D. Ness |
1964 - 1996 |
Professor of Sociology Professor of Population Planning and International Health |
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John Y. Takeshita |
1964 - 1967 |
Assistant Professor of Sociology Associate Professor of Population Planning |
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Harlan D. Hahn |
1964 - 1968 |
Assistant Professor of Political Science Assistant Professor and Research Associate in Health Development |
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Paul J. Feldstein |
1964 - 1987 | Professor of Economics, Health Services Management and Policy |
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Yuzuru J. Takeshita |
1964 - 1997 | Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education |
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Scott K. Simonds |
1966 - 1994 | Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, Public Health Policy and Administration |
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Lenin A. Baler |
1967 - 1984 |
Professor of Psychology Professor of Community Mental Health Chair of Department of Health Programs |
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Harold Johnson |
1967 - 1995 |
Professor of Social Work, Health Behavior and Health Education Dean of Social Work Interim VP & Secretary of the University 1994-1995 |
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Frances Larkin |
1968 - 1993 | Associate Professor of Nutrition |
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Snebendu B. Kar |
1969 - 1979 | Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education |
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Lillian G. Ostrand |
1969 - 1978 | Professor of Public Health Nursing |
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Ruth S. Simmons |
1970 - 2007 | Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education |
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George H. Nolan |
1970 - 1980 |
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Associate Professor of Maternal & Child Health |
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Alan Tsai |
1973 - 2009 | Associate Professor of Human Nutrition |
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Peter A. Dual |
1975 - 1980 | Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education |
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Patrick M. O'Malley |
1975 - 2019 | Research Professor in Survey Research Center, ISR |
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Tom Hickey |
1976 - 2003 | Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education |
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Beryl A. Shulman |
1977 - 1981 | Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education |
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Marshal H. Becker |
1977 - 1993 |
Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education – Public Health Chair Department of Health Behavior and Health Education – Public Health Professor of Health Behavior, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases – Medical School |
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George M. Owen |
1977 - 1981 |
Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases Professor of Human Nutrition – Public Health |
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James Albers |
1979 - 2009 | Professor of Neurology & Occupational Health |
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Jean T. Shope |
1980 - 2013 |
Research Professor (UMTRI) Research Professor & Lecturer Public Health |
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Harold W. Neighbors |
1980 - 2016 |
Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education Research Professor, Center for Group Dynamics ISR |
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Noreen M. Clark |
1981 - 2013 |
Professor of Health Behavior & Heath Education Myron E. Wegman Distinguished University Professor of Public Health Professor of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases |
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Mark J. Young |
1984 - 1987 |
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Assistant Professor of Health Services Management and Policy – Public Health |
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Lynda A. Anderson |
1986 - 1991 | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Community Health |
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Neal M. Krause |
1986 - 2015 | Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education |
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Willard G. Manning |
1988 - 1991 | Professor of Economics, Health Services Management and Policy |
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Craig Harris |
1988 - 2020 |
Professor of Toxicology Professor of Nutritional Sciences |
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Sherman A. James |
1989 - 2003 |
Chair & Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education Professor of Epidemiology Director, Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture & Health |
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Sylvia N. Tesh |
1991 - 1999 | Assistant Professor of Public Health Policy and Administration |
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Nancy K. Janz |
1991 - 2018 | Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education |
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Gregory V. Button |
1993 - 2000 | Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education |
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Philip J. Held |
1993 - 1998 |
Professor of Internal Medicine Professor of Health Services Management and Policy – Public Health |
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Joseph Winchester Brown |
1993 - 2004 | |
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Edith A. Parker |
1995 - 2010 |
Associate Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education Faculty Associate, Center for Global Health |
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Michael D. Cabana |
1999 - 2005 |
Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases Associate Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education |
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Marcia C. Inhorn |
2001 - 2008 |
Professor of Anthropology Professor of Women's Studies Professor of Obsretrics & Gynecology |
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Dawn P. Misra |
2001 - 2008 | Associate Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education |
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Gilbert C. Gee |
2002 - 2007 | Assistant Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education |
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Rachel Campbell Snow |
2003 - 2015 |
Associate Professor Associate Professor Population Studies ISR |
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Arden M. Morris |
2003 - 2017 | Professor of Heath Behavior and Health Education |
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Derek Griffith |
2004 - 2012 | Assistant Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education |
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Mark B. Padilla |
2006 - 2012 |
Assistant Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology |
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Melissa A Valerio |
2007 - 2012 | Assistant Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education |
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Jose A. Bauermeister |
2009 - 2016 | Associate Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education |
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Louis Franswa Graham |
2010 - 2013 | Assistant Research Scientist |
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Roberto De Vogli |
2011 - 2013 | Associate Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education |
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Michael P. Arnold |
2014 - 2015 | Assistant Research Scientist |